- Rhopalosiphum
Taxobox
name = "Brevicoryne"
image_width = 300px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hemiptera
subordo =Homoptera
superfamilia =Aphidoidea
familia =Aphididae
tribe =Aphidini
genera = "Rhopalosiphum"
subdivision_ranks = Species"Rhopalosiphum" (Koch, 1854) is a genus of
aphid of the familyAphididae that includes 16 species worldwide.cite book | last = Heie | first = O. E. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark: Family Aphididae - Subfamily Pterocommatinae and Tribe Aphidini of Subfamily Aphidinae (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica) | publisher = Brill Academic Publishers | date = 1997 | location = Leiden, The Netherlands | pages = 314 | isbn = 978-9004080881] In addition to direct behavior as pests on host plants, some species are vectors for viral pathogens.cite journal | last = Taber | first = S. W. | title = Labile behavioral evolution in a genus of agricultural pests: The Rhopalosiphum plant lice (Hemiptera: Aphididae) | journal = Annals of the Entomological Society of America | volume = 87 | issue = 3 | pages = 311–320 | publisher =Entomological Society of America | location = Lanham, Maryland | date = 1994 | accessdate = 2008-03-21 ]Species include: [cite web |url=http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/aphid.htm|title=Nomina Insecta Nearctica |year=1998 |accessdate=2008-03-21]
*"Rhopalosiphum arundinariae" (A. N. Tissot , 1933)
*"Rhopalosiphum cerasifoliae" (Fitch, 1855)
*"Rhopalosiphum enigmae" (F. C. Hottes andT. H. Frison , 1931)
*"Rhopalosiphum inserta" (Walker, 1849)
*"Rhopalosiphum maidis" (Fitch, 1856) -- corn leaf aphid
*"Rhopalosiphum musae" (H. Schouteden , 1906)
*"Rhopalosiphum nigrum" (Richards, 1960)
*"Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae" (Linnaeus, 1761) -- water lily aphid, plum aphid
*"Rhopalosiphum padi" (Linnaeus, 1758) -- bird cherry-oat aphid
*"Rhopalosiphum padiformis" (Richards, 1962)
*"Rhopalosiphum parvae" (Hottes and Frison, 1931)
*"Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis" (Sasaki, 1899) -- rice root aphid
*"Rhopalosiphum rufulum" (Richards, 1960)References
External links
* [http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/entml2/MF2823.pdf Bird Cherry-Oat Aphid, Kansas State University, July 2008]
ee also
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Pest
*Biodiversity
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